Prices for logs increased by 4%.
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Price for logs exported from Brazil expanded 13%.
This level is still 10% below the first-quarter averages recorded from 2019 to 2023.
Koppers Holdings Inc. reported net income for the Q1 2024 of $13.0 million, or $0.59 per diluted share, compared to $25.5 million, or $1.19 per diluted share, in the prior year quarter.
Exports of logs from the U.S. upped 3%.
Prices adjusted in response to raw material shortages.
Softwood and hardwood record growth; fuelwood sees marginal decline.
Softwood supply from New Zealand decreases amid lower prices.
Prices for pruned stems increase, logging residues drop
The log prices decreased.
Operating profit falls amid lower paper prices.
The era of steep commodity price falls triggered by the pandemic and subsequent recovery phases seems to be concluding.
Operating profit for the financial year 2023 increased from the previous year’s Euro 2.2 million to Euro 4.2 million.
Price for sawlog exported from Germany to China rose 2%.
The total consumption of logs was 23.8 million cubic metres (-11%), and that of pulpwood was 36.7 million cubic metres (-2%).
The average price for logs decreased by 8%.
The most significant regional increase for sawlog prices was recorded in Södra Norrland, where prices surged by 9%.
Imports of softwood logs to China gained 2%.
Recovery continues after 2021 ban lift.
Softwood sawlogs see nearly 3% increase; pulpwood prices jump over 4%.